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The man suspected of smuggling illegal immigrants who was shot on Tuesday by federal agents is a repeat offender once convicted of a similar crime, records show.Officials said the individual, identified as Patrick Gary Schlegel, 34, was recognized by law enforcement as being possibly related to a possible human trafficking incident around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday near the town of Arivaca, Arizona, which is just miles from the southern border […]

Pennsylvania's "official state meteorologist," Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow Monday morning, predicting six more weeks of winter.Thousands of people gathered for the 140th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to see the famous groundhog emerge from his tree stump.Meanwhile, AccuWeather’s chief long-range weather expert, meteorologist Paul Pastelok, said the coming week will remain cold, with below average temperatures in the eastern United States."We’ve still got some […]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has halted "all movement" within the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas due to a measles outbreak, officials announced Sunday.The Department of Homeland Security said two detainees were diagnosed with the disease on Saturday, the same day a 5-year-old boy and his father — whose detention sparked widespread alarm last month — were released from the facility."On January 31, 2026, the Texas Department of State […]

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that the 5-year-old boy and his father, who were detained by ICE in Minneapolis last month, did not apply for asylum, as officials announced that the family was released over the weekend.Blanche said there have been conflicting claims regarding the legal status of the boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, who entered the U.S. in 2024, according to […]

A Florida Airbnb host was arrested this week after authorities say he exposed himself and engaged in lewd behavior inside a family-friendly resort community near Walt Disney World.Kevin Dale Westerhold, 51, was taken into custody Tuesday following reports of a partially nude man behaving inappropriately at the Windsor Hills Resort vacation home rental community in Kissimmee, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies were first called to Grassendale Street on […]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested more than 650 illegal aliens across West Virginia during a two-week statewide operation conducted in coordination with local law enforcement agencies and without protests, federal officials announced.ICE said in a press release Sunday that the operation ran from Jan. 5 to Jan. 19 and involved 14 federal, state and local law enforcement partners.ICE deployed teams to Charleston, Martinsburg, Beckley, Moorefield, Morgantown and Huntington […]

Former CNN host Don Lemon cast himself as a persecuted journalist in a Substack post Saturday, quoting the Bible while responding to his arrest last month on federal charges stemming from an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church.Lemon, who was released without bail Friday, says he was acting as a journalist, while prosecutors allege he coordinated with activists who disrupted services at Cities Church."There is a passage in scripture that […]

Utah prosecutors and a broad coalition of media organizations are pushing back against attempts by alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson’s defense to shield court filings from public view, arguing there's no justification for the secrecy.Prosecutors argued that Robinson's defense has failed to both justify secretive filings and to explain how their public release would violate his right to a fair trial in the assassination of the Turning Point USA […]

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation reaffirmed the 2005 cause of legendary "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" writer Hunter S. Thompson's death more than 20 years after it was ruled a suicide.The review was initiated in July 2025 after the late gonzo journalist’s widow, Anita Thompson, raised new concerns with Sheriff Michael Buglione about the original investigation into her husband’s death at Owl Farm, the couple’s Woody Creek home. Thompson, […]